Karin Bornett
For a current Study the University of Klagenfurt, WU Vienna, Deloitte Austria and Wien Energie, 1.000 people across Austria asked for their assessments around the topic of renewable energies asked. It turns out that the level of agreement among those surveyed for achieving the climate targets remains high. Nina Hampl, author of the study at the University of Klagenfurt: “The topic of climate protection has undoubtedly come to stay - the Corona crisis has not changed anything. Awareness of the effects of climate change remains strong. More than every second Austrian is already feeling the consequences of climate change. There was a significant increase here compared to the previous year's survey. "
More than 60% of the respondents support the federal government's goals of covering all electricity consumption entirely from renewable energy sources by 2030 and of being climate-neutral by 2040. Compared to last year is also the number of people who have one Oil and gas heating advocate, increased: from 44% to 52%. 62% would like photovoltaics to be mandatory for new buildings. “Compared to the last survey, however, there is a negative trend in one area: the approval of the establishment of Wind Turbines sinks in (near) one's own community. While it is at Photovoltaics and there is hardly any decline in small hydropower, the acceptance of wind power drops from 67% to 62% ”, according to a Deloitte broadcast.
“Despite this downward trend, it is remarkable that high proportions of the population are quite ready to support really drastic measures for more climate protection. 38 percent of those surveyed even support the expansion of open-space photovoltaics in previously untouched landscapes or in nature reserves, ”explains Robert Sposato, study author from the University of Klagenfurt. Deloitte expert Gerhard Marterbauer says: “30% of Austrians are now even in favor of a ban on diesel and gasoline cars. It is therefore clear where the journey is going in the future. "
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